I hear ya with the stress and cog problems. When I was getting a masters degree I used Aricept because of the stress and the problems I was having with my memory. It helped tons and I was able to get through the rest of the program despite the stress.

Bad thing for me was that I ended up with some of the side effects--nausea, diarrhea or frequent bowel movements, and vomiting (mainly dry heaves). Lost 20 lbs while I was on it, which was a nice bonus but felt cruddy eventually when the nausea/vomiting got too bad. Luckily I was near the end of the semester.

Maybe you can try it and see if it works. My insurance wouldn't cover it--it was off label use and studies proving it improved memory in MS didn't matter to the company.

Hang in there. Hope it calms down for you after election day. I'm a poll worker (for the election board) tomorrow and have to be at my voting place from 6:00 a.m. until probably around 10:00 p.m. and then take all the voting material down to the county office. Not looking forward to it, but it's important to be involved.